Now the transfer window has closed Leonid Slutsky can focus on getting the most out of his squad and trying to lift Hull City further up the Championship table.

The Mail got the team at matched betting service Profit Accumulatorto crunch the numbers behind the window and see how the Tigers’ summer spending compared to their Championship rivals.

Did Hull City have a good transfer window?

It really depends on your perspective. From a financial point of view, City did very well, with only Sunderland generating a greater net profit.

That might be good news if you’re in the boardroom but likely to be less celebrated by those who take their seats elsewhere in the KCOM Stadium.

City’s disclosed spend of £14.45m is the sixth-highest in the division but their receipts of £41.22m are the highest.

At one stage this summer, it looked like this was going to be a disastrous transfer window for Tigers fans.

Hull City transfer graphic (Image: HDM)

Mass exodus

Popular players departed, with Harry Maguire, Andrew Robertson, Eldin Jakupovic and Josh Tymon all moving to Premier League clubs.

Losing Curtis Davies, Tom Huddlestone and Ahmed Elmohamady to Championship rivals was also tough to take.

Manager Slutsky had promised “the supermarket was closed” just days before insult was added to injury with the sale of Sam Clucas to join Swansea City.

New recruits had been added, with Kevin Stewart, Fraizer Campbell, Ondrej Mazuch and Sebastian Larsson joining loanees Michael Hector and Ola Aina in East Yorkshire and the season started brightly with four points from the opening two matches.

But a miserable week in August dented morale. Three straight defeats and injuries to Stewart, Campbell and Abel Hernandez left an already thin squad even further depleted and meant there was much work to do in the closing hours of the transfer window.

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The bookies’ view

So what do the bookies make of all this? Before the season started, the odds were heavily influenced by summer spending activity.

Now we have five games under our belts and, with the window shut, clubs have what they hold in terms of personnel.

Having not featured pre-season, Bowen has appeared in the Championship top scorer markets. He’s available at 66-1 with Bet365 and SkyBet.

Since the start of the season, the odds on City winning the Championship have fluctuated significantly.

They were around 20/1 and dipped to 15/1 after the win over Burton Albion.

Before transfer deadline day, City could be backed at odds as long as 43/1 at Betfair, but those odds have now come back in again and the Tigers are 28/1 on the exchange and around 25/1 with most bookmakers.

In short, the jury is apparently still out. A mixed start to the season on the pitch as well as a frantic finish to the transfer window has seemingly left punters and bookies unsure about the Tigers’ prospects.

With a comfortable win over Bolton last time out being followed with the welcome news of new recruits, City fans at least have cause for optimism.

All figures taken from Transfermarket.com. Undisclosed fees regarded as £0.